| Class: | Grade 1 |
| Horse Race: | Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle |
| Location: | Cheltenham Racecourse Cheltenham, England |
| Inaugurated: | 1971 |
| Race Type: | Hurdle race |
| Sponsor: | Gallagher |
| Website: | Cheltenham |
| Distance: | 2m 5f (4,225 metres) |
| Surface: | Turf |
| Track: | Left-handed |
| Qualification: | Four-years-old and up |
| Weight: | 10 st 9 lb (4yo); 11 st 7 lb (5yo+) Allowances 7 lb for fillies and mares |
| Purse: | £135,000 (2024) 1st: £75,965 |
|}The Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle (currently known as the Gallagher Novices' Hurdle for sponsorship reasons) is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run on the Old Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles and 5 furlongs (4,225 metres), and during its running there are ten hurdles to be jumped. The race is for novice hurdlers, and it is scheduled to take place each year during the Cheltenham Festival in March.
The event was established in 1971, and it was initially called the Aldsworth Hurdle. The insurance company Sun Alliance (later Royal & SunAlliance) began sponsoring the race in 1974, and it became known as the Sun Alliance Novices' Hurdle. This association continued until 2006, and for the following three years the event was backed by Ballymore Properties.
There were high winds on the day of the planned running in 2008, so the Ballymore Properties Novices' Hurdle was rescheduled and run on Cheltenham's New Course. A new sponsor, Neptune Investment Management, began supporting the race in 2010.[1] Ballymore resumed sponsorship from the 2018 running.
The registered (non-sponsored) title of the race is now the Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle. This is in honour of Baring Bingham, a developer who purchased Prestbury Park in 1898, and organised the first Cheltenham Festival in 1902.
Leading jockey (4 wins):
Leading trainer (7 wins):
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| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | |
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| 1971 | Midsprite | 5 | Macer Gifford | Harry Thomson Jones | |
| 1972 | Even Dawn | 5 | Ron Hyett | Katie Gaze | |
| 1973 | Willie Wumpkins | 5 | Pat Colville | Adrian Maxwell | |
| 1974 | Brown Lad | 8 | Ron Barry | Paddy Osborne | |
| 1975 | Davy Lad | 5 | Dessie Hughes | Mick O'Toole | |
| 1976 | Parkhill | 5 | Dessie Hughes | Mick O'Toole | |
| 1977 | Counsel Cottage | 6 | Sean Treacy | Paddy Mullins | |
| 1978 | Mr Kildare | 5 | Tommy Carmody | Liam Browne | |
| 1979 | Venture to Cognac | 6 | Oliver Sherwood | Fred Winter | |
| 1980 | Drumlargan | 6 | Tommy Ryan | Edward O'Grady | |
| 1981 | Gaye Chance | 6 | Sam Morshead | Fred Rimell | |
| 1982 | Mister Donovan | 6 | Tommy Ryan | Edward O'Grady | |
| 1983 | Sabin du Loir | 4 | Graham Bradley | Michael Dickinson | |
| 1984 | Fealty | 4 | Seamus O'Neill | Peter Brookshaw | |
| 1985 | Asir | 5 | Ronnie Beggan | Paul Kelleway | |
| 1986 | Ten Plus | 6 | Kevin Mooney | Fulke Walwyn | |
| 1987 | The West Awake | 6 | Simon Sherwood | Oliver Sherwood | |
| 1988 | Rebel Song | 6 | Simon Sherwood | Oliver Sherwood | |
| 1989 | Sayfar's Lad | 5 | Mark Perrett | Martin Pipe | |
| 1990 | Regal Ambition | 6 | Peter Scudamore | Martin Pipe | |
| 1991 | Crystal Spirit | 4 | Jimmy Frost | Ian Balding | |
| 1992 | Thetford Forest | 5 | Richard Dunwoody | David Nicholson | |
| 1993 | Gaelstrom | 6 | Carl Llewellyn | Nigel Twiston-Davies | |
| 1994 | Danoli | 6 | Charlie Swan | Tom Foley | |
| 1995 | Putty Road | 5 | Norman Williamson | David Nicholson | |
| 1996 | Urubande | 6 | Charlie Swan | Aidan O'Brien | |
| 1997 | Istabraq | 5 | Charlie Swan | Aidan O'Brien | |
| 1998 | French Holly | 7 | Andrew Thornton | Ferdy Murphy | |
| 1999 | Barton | 6 | Lorcan Wyer | Tim Easterby | |
| 2000 | Monsignor | 6 | Norman Williamson | Mark Pitman | |
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| 2002 | Galileo | 6 | Jason Maguire | Tom George | |
| 2003 | Hardy Eustace | 6 | Kieran Kelly | Dessie Hughes | |
| 2004 | Fundamentalist | 6 | Carl Llewellyn | Nigel Twiston-Davies | |
| 2005 | No Refuge | 5 | Graham Lee | Howard Johnson | |
| 2006 | Nicanor | 5 | Paul Carberry | Noel Meade | |
| 2007 | Massini's Maguire | 6 | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs | |
| 2008 | Fiveforthree | 6 | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins | |
| 2009 | Mikael d'Haguenet | 5 | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins | |
| 2010 | Peddlers Cross | 5 | Jason Maguire | Donald McCain, Jr. | |
| 2011 | First Lieutenant | 6 | Davy Russell | Mouse Morris | |
| 2012 | Simonsig | 6 | Barry Geraghty | Nicky Henderson | |
| 2013 | The New One | 5 | Sam Twiston-Davies | Nigel Twiston-Davies | |
| 2014 | Faugheen | 6 | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins | |
| 2015 | Windsor Park | 6 | Davy Russell | Dermot Weld | |
| 2016 | Yorkhill | 6 | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins | |
| 2017 | Willoughby Court | 6 | David Bass | Ben Pauling | |
| 2018 | Samcro | 6 | Jack Kennedy | Gordon Elliott | |
| 2019 | City Island | 6 | Mark Walsh | Martin Brassil | |
| 2020 | Envoi Allen | 6 | Davy Russell | Gordon Elliott | |
| 2021 | Bob Olinger | 6 | Rachael Blackmore | Henry de Bromhead | |
| 2022 | Sir Gerhard | 7 | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins | |
| 2023 | Impaire Et Passe | 5 | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins | |
| 2024 | Ballyburn | 6 | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins |
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